Purpose – This paper is a study of creating organization in the case of cultural projects; cultural entrepreneurship. This includes taking advantage of opportunities and using ones social capital through networks. It is a case study of Vandalorum which is an Swedish international art and...

This article takes an empirical point of departure in an in-depth study of an R&D organization that was transformed into a strongly project-based organization. As demonstrated in the analysis, its mode of governance differed radically from traditional bureaucratic and cultural conceptions of...

Societies achieve their purposes through organizations. But organizations may develop into instrumental entities bereft of ethical debate. Roberts (Account. Org. Soc. 16(4) (1991) 355) claims that their hierarchical accountability systems powerfully reinforce instrumentality and individualize...

A basic message of the transaction cost approach (TCA) is that the firm is not a market. In this spirit the coalitional, holistic and social nature of the firm and the importance of recognizing certain behavioural assumptions are discussed and illustrated empirically in the first part of the...

In this paper, my claim is that employee ownership of industrial companies enables economic survival, democracy, and joint responsibility. My main focus is a case study of Ljuders Nickelsilfverfabrik and its change to employee ownership. In 1980, 36 of the 42 employees became owners. My research...

1. En route in the cultural society : an introductory dialogue / Lisbeth Lindeborg and Lars Lindkvi -- 2. Nordic culture : an asset with many facets / Peter Aronsson -- 3. Turning the tide with 'Woman on a cart' : the amazing case of Holstebro / Lisbeth Lindeborg -- 4. The role of culture...